From an EA Sports press release concerning the upcoming release of FIFA ‘07:
FIFA Soccer 07allows players to recognize their favorite athletes by the way they move. The human biomechanics of each athlete are taken into account and replicated in the game because the new engine is data-driven — the player motion is driven by individual attributes, physical characteristics and for the first time, traits.
“The FIFA Soccer 07 engine unlocks ultra realistic player motion and delivers complete responsiveness due to its ability to branch animations and the real-time calculation of real human biomechanics. Essentially our software engineers are writing human decision-making code,” said Hugues Ricour, Producer for FIFA Soccer 07on the Xbox 360.
I don’t know if this should frighten or excite me, but I do know that I am not about to apologize for my erection. According to the EA people, the game engine for FIFA is going to be completely reworked. They’ve started from scratch and built something new. They’ve spent two years on this thing. And the game was already, in my opinion, damn good. I liked the FIFA Series before I even liked soccer.
King Dan Says:
August 25th, 2006 at 10:09 am
From what I’ve read before, it’s much harder to create a soccer game as opposed to a football or baseball game because in those games, each player has a defined action they are supposed to take. In soccer, it’s constant, somewhat random motion. Seeing an opening, making a run that someone else wouldn’t make, getting wide. If they managed to fix all those problems, it will be something to see.
BB Says:
August 25th, 2006 at 11:09 am
It’s going to be mediocre, like everything EA does. It’ll work, but just enough to where people don’t notice the flaws. They’ll also keep the system for the next ten years and continue to sell it as new. Fuckers.
Bouj Says:
August 25th, 2006 at 11:11 am
Am I wrong for really enjoying the original version of FIFA that was included on FIFA 06? That game, NHL ‘94, and college football on the Sega Genesis accounted for a couple of hours in college.
Oh, and FIFA 07 will own your soul, so I am gonna have to get it.
HB Says:
August 25th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Winning Eleven owns the FIFA series, even without the license.
mjdReader Says:
August 25th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Computer players that look realistic and play intelligently - what a novel idea. I’m sure other game makers haven’t thought of that one.
Pure marketing drivel…
insomniac Says:
August 26th, 2006 at 2:17 am
That’s awesome. Finally a game which takes into consideration that the flopping techniques of Italy are completely different than the flopping techniques of Brazil.
Someone at EA finally got my letter.
NJP Says:
August 26th, 2006 at 5:46 am
I totally agree, HB. The only way I would buy FIFA 07 from EA is if it was really a rebranded Winning Eleven.
jesse Says:
August 26th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
Soccer is tough as an arcade style game and the FIFA series, in particular, has never been very good. Sure it looks pretty, but the player logic has always been just short of retarded and the games get boring really quick. Football Manager, otoh, is one of the greatest things to ever happen to computers.
DaveR Says:
August 28th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
Um…. what exactly is going on in that Nintento game box picture there? The guy on the right — let’s call him Mr. Blue — appears to be lifting up his skirt. Is he in the act of urinating on Mr. Redguy on the left? Is Mr. Red quickly clearing the ball off the touchline so that he can give Mr. Blue some of that sweet, sweet Brokeback love?
Man, those Japanese are just f–ed up.